This is the text (with sources added) of a December 4 presentation kicking off the third installment of Solidarity's online study group dealing with “Problems of Socialist Organization.”
Russia's revolution of 1917 resulted from the blend of terrible catastrophes and profound hopes. The First World War was going very badly for the Tsar's army and for the Russian people, adding new grievances to old, and generating a new wave of working-class radicalization. The tsarist system of (…)

On 12 June 2025, China Labour Bulletin closed its doors after thirty years of operation. The Hong Kong-based organisation had documented strikes, labour disputes, and worker organising across China since 1994, building the most comprehensive database of Chinese labour unrest available anywhere. Its closure marked not an isolated setback but the endpoint of a decade-long destruction of progressive Chinese-language media infrastructure.
The systematic elimination of Chinese progressive (…)

Chaque hiver, la Région de la capitale nationale (NCR) accueille ses habitants avec une situation sinistre désormais familière. Le ciel s'assombrit, la visibilité chute, et l'air lui-même semble se retourner contre ses habitants. Les écoles ferment, les hôpitaux sont submergés, et l'on conseille aux gens de rester chez eux, comme si la ville était devenue inhabitable. Cette crise annuelle est souvent présentée comme un phénomène saisonnier, quelque chose d'inévitable, un produit de la (…)

Every winter, India's National Capital Region (NCR) greets its citizens with a familiar grim situation. The sky dims, visibility plummets, and the very air seems to turn against its inhabitants. Schools close, hospitals become overwhelmed, and people are advised to stay indoors, as if the city has become uninhabitable. This annual crisis is frequently dismissed as a seasonal occurrence, something unavoidable, a product of the region's geography, or the whims of the weather. However, a (…)

DONALD TRUMP'S GIANT back hoes have knocked down the east wing of the White House to construct a ballroom in his own honor.
The second president of United States, the learned and thoughtful John Adams, lived in “the peoples house” as it became known. Alone in the newly constructed building in 1800, he walked up the stairs to his bedroom lighting the way by a candle to write letters back to his wife Abigail, who stayed at home in Massachusetts attending their farm.
Trump said he loved the (…)